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This chapter references a historical study of the Manor Estate in Sheffield in order to critique the policy rationales that connect labour-market behaviour to the ‘disconnection’ of deprived communities. The study shows the inadequacy of cultural theories in explaining the social and/or physical isolation of particular populations. The chapter also reveals how modern concerns regarding a crisis in community cohesion ignore similar concerns about neighbourhoods like the Manor Estate in earlier historical periods.

This chapter references a historical study of the Manor Estate in Sheffield in order to critique the policy rationales that connect labour-market behaviour to the ‘disconnection’ of deprived communities. The study shows the inadequacy of cultural theories in explaining the social and/or physical isolation of particular populations. The chapter also reveals how modern concerns regarding a crisis in community cohesion ignore similar concerns about neighbourhoods like the Manor Estate in earlier historical periods.